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23 de gen. 2020

2020 Economist Democracy Index - extract on SPAIN (23 JAN 2020)

Extracte de l’INDEX DE DEMOCRÀCIA DE The Economist per a 2019, a Espanya, que es fixa en el resultat del judici a nou líders separatistes catalans / Extract from The Economist's DEMOCRACY INDEX 2019, on Spain, which concentrates on the outcome of the trial of nine Catalan separatist leaders.

Click here if need be to read the whole postDEMOCRACY INDEX 2019
A YEAR OF DEMOCRATIC SETBACKS AND POPULAR. PROTEST(UN ANY DE REVESSOS DEMOCRÀTICS I DE PROTESTES POPULARS)

DEMOCRACY INDEX 2019
A YEAR OF DEMOCRATIC SETBACKS AND POPULAR. PROTEST

... "In Spain, the sentencing by the Supreme Court in October 2019 of nine Catalan separatist leaders to prison terms of between nine and 13 years for their role in the region's failed independence campaign in 2017 provoked widespread condemnation and mass demonstrations in Catalonia. The court acquitted all nine accused of the charge of violent rebellion but convicted them of charges of sedition, misuse of public funds and disobedience. Although the sentencing complied with the letter of the law the long prison terms for elected politicians on charges such as sedition were not in the spirit of democracy. With their excessively legalistic responsè to dealing with the Catalan question the Spanish authorities have shown a lack of confidence in addressing the issue through political dialogue and open debate, weakening their democratic credentials in the process. These deficiencies were already captured in a decline in Spain's score in 2017-18. The very modest improvement in its score in the 2019 Democracy Index reflects an improvement in relation to one question concerning local elections, which were held on May 9 and were deemed to have been free and fair." (p. 48-49)

c The Economist Intelligence Unit Limited 2020

.@TheEconomist: “Although the sentencing complied with the letter of the law, the long prison terms for elected politicians on charges such as sedition were not in the spirit of democracy.” pic.twitter.com/8rR6f6qDHc